how does a landmeter work?

[Little-Green-Machine]

hi this is bobs son (its usually me on the forums anyway) i am making a landmeter for my y11 D.T GCSE project and i was just wondering how landmeters worked. any help would be much appreciated. i have a feeling they use either a pendulum or some kind of spirit level device but its confusing :oops: . cheers Reece :D

[Mudlark]

hi this is bobs son (its usually me on the forums anyway) i am making a landmeter for my y11 D.T GCSE project and i was just wondering how landmeters worked. any help would be much appreciated. i have a feeling they use either a pendulum or some kind of spirit level device but its confusing :oops: . cheers Reece :D

Ahhhh..... artificial horizon :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  - had to do a search :roll:

The original ones that were in Pajeros and Shoguns are pendulums - well weighted balls - they are also dampened with glycerin, I leave why for you to work out  


The proper ones, as used in aircraft, work on the gyroscopic principle

[Little-Green-Machine]

Thanks a lot!!! i think they are damped so that they dont swing back and forth to quickly ,so they give an acurate reading. thanks a lot really helped :D

[Range Rover Blues]

I guess they are pendulums, mine goes into the red on roundabouts :roll:   I never have time to look at it when I'm off-road.

[redhand]

I guess they are pendulums, mine goes into the red on roundabouts :roll:   I never have time to look at it when I'm off-road.

I drove  a 4trax which hed an accellerometre Used to acheive 4G's when setting off from the lights. Well thats what it said anyways.

[africanpete]

Some people pass out at 4G, I think it is highly unlikely that your 4trax pulled 4G from take off :roll:

[Smego]

agree unlikely but my old ASK21 glider could pull 7g and I didn't pass out!!

[africanpete]

agree unlikely but my old ASK21 glider could pull 7g and I didn't pass out!!

Only some people :D

[Smego]

all depends how long the pull is there for!

[africanpete]

Agreed :)

[redhand]

Some people pass out at 4G, I think it is highly unlikely that your 4trax pulled 4G from take off :roll:[/quote

I was being ironic/scarcastic/humorous. Anyone with half a brain cell knows you can't pull 4G in a 4trak. Well not unless you do a jet engine conversion on it.

[africanpete]

Some people pass out at 4G, I think it is highly unlikely that your 4trax pulled 4G from take off :roll:[/quote

I was being ironic/scarcastic/humorous. Anyone with half a brain cell knows you can't pull 4G in a 4trak. Well not unless you do a jet engine conversion on it.

Sorry! I could'nt see the sarcasim or humour and definately can't see the irony in your post and actually anyone with half a brain cell will know that you don't need a jet engine to pull 4G, continuously? maybe, momentarily? Not!